Daily Mail

Could a water filter do you more harm than good? Gadgets have no specific health benefits and may remove dissolved material that is good for you

A whole new generation of filtration gadgets are promising purer tap water 

But some experts say there are no health benefits to using the appliances

Tap water in the UK is said to be among the safest and best quality in the world  

World Health Organisation (WHO) even confirmed a correlation between drinking harder water and lower rates of heart disease

.......One new brand of water filter, ZeroWater (£24.99), has a five-step filter that claims to remove ‘virtually all’ traces of dissolved solids such as mercury, lead and fluoride. It says it can even turn wine back into plain water (we tested it — it works)


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In some circumstances, using a water filter might be detrimental to health. The ZeroWater filter claims to remove fluoride completely, but as Professor Damien Walmsley, the British Dental Association’s scientific adviser, explains: ‘Drinking filtered water regularly could mean people miss out on the benefits of [added] fluoride that protect teeth from decay.’

ZeroWater 12-Cup Ready Pour Pitcher - 2.8L - Blue

£39.99

ZeroWater offers purified, filtered water at home with its aim to produce the best filtration possible. The only home water filter system that uses a gravity-fed filtration system with premium five-stage ion exchange technology to remove virtually all total dissolved solids.

The 12-Cup Ready Pour Pitcher features a sealed reservoir, allowing you to pour filtered water without spilling water that is still filtering. The reservoir can also be kept full by topping up the jug each time you pour a cup. Each Pitcher comes with the 5 stage dual ion-exchange filter, certified to reduce lead, chromium and mercury and virtually all dissolved solids in water.

Features:

ZeroWater 12-Cup Ready Pour Pitcher - 2.8L - Blue

Produces purified, filtered water

NSF Certified to reduce lead

Removes 99.6% of all dissolved solids

Removes 99% of all Fluoride

Purest tasting drinking water

£40 according to the above I didn't know any of these filters can filter out fluoride.

I use a Brita filter but Southampton is not fluoridated despite PHE's best attempt.